HANDEBO, Charles
| Service Numbers: | 3000, N471212 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1916, Armidale, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, 28 March 1897 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural Causes (fatal seizure), Armidale, New South Wales, 11 December 1946, aged 49 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Armidale Memorial Fountain |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3000, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Armidale, New South Wales | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3000, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Katuna embarkation_ship_number: A13 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3000, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Katuna, Sydney | |
| 23 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3000, 1st Light Horse Regiment |
World War 2 Service
| 6 Nov 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N471212 |
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Son of Edward and Mary Handebo of Armidale, NSW, Charles joined the 1st Light Horse on 20 March 1916. He was 18 years and 11 months at enlistment, weighing 11 stone, 5ft 10 inches tall, fair complexion and grey eyes. His chest was 37.5 inches expanded.
Charles embarked the 'Katuna' at Sydney on 23 Nov 1916, arriving at Suez on 2 Jan 17 and marching into Moascar, Ismailia, Egypt Isolation Camp.
Taken on strength from the 1st Light Horse Training Regiment to the 1st LHR on 26 Jan 1917, he contracted Diptheria whilst on operations in Egypt 19 May 17. Discharged to duty on 16 July, he was subsequently Wounded In Action on 13th Aug 1917, suffering a gun shot wound to the left hand.
Little is known of the operations and action Charles participated in, but he left Cairo Hospital, having been admitted with Pyrexia on 23 Oct 18, to embark on the hospital ship 'Ulimara', reaching Melbourne on 19 Apr 19 and discharging from the AIF on 23 Jun 19.
"DRAGGED TO DEATH UNDER SLEDGE
ARMIDALE, Wednesday.— Charles Handebo, 49, caretaker of the Dumaresq waterworks, was returning home on a horse-drawn slide after cleaning a maize crop when he had a fatal seizure. He became entangled in the slide chains, and was dragged 150 yards. His body was suspended by the chains, and his head had come in contact with a heavy piece of iron, but the injuries were not extensive." - from the Courier Mail 12 Dec 1946 (nla.gov.au)
"Mr. Charles Handebo
Mr. Charles Handebo, Dumaresq reservoir caretaker, who died on Wednesday is survived by his widow and one daughter, Mrs. R. Cooper, of Armidale. Four sisters, Mesdames W. McCuily (Armidale), S. Wright (Black Mountain), E. Wright (Brockley) and A. Faint (Guyra), and three brothers, Messrs Alfred, Colin and Harold Handebo, all of Armidale, also survive. One brother, Donald, of Guyra, predeceased him. The late Mr. Handebo who was 49 was a returned soldier of World War I. The funeral service was held in St. Mary's Cathedral yesterday afternoon the Rev. Father Healy officiating at the Cathedral and at the graveside. The last post was sounded by Mr. L. Evans. T. Crowley and Son had charge of the funeral arrangements." - from the Armidale Express 13 Dec 1946 (nla.gov.au)